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Snake still not eating.

jon4534 Feb 10, 2005 09:54 PM

OK, she shed Jan. 4 then ate the 5th, 8th, 11th, and 14th. Her eyes went cloudy the 9th so she will shed soon. I know they sometimes won't eat if they are about to shed but she quit eating 4 weeks ago. She never moves around her enclosure at all. The temp and humidity is always at about 74 degrees at night and between 74-77 during the day and the humidity is always between 79% and 85%. Is this normal or should I consider taking her to the vet. I'll wait until she sheds then try again and if she doesn't eat, I'm gonna take her.

Jon

Replies (3)

Uncloudy Feb 10, 2005 11:52 PM

Feeding every 3 days seems like alot. From my experience, I had my BRB since a weeks old and fed her every 7 days 1-2 appropriate sized mice/fuzzies. Now, a year and half later she's just over 4.5 ft. The only feeding problems I had were she only took live, then converting her to f/t from live by warming up the thawed mouse.
I do think after you BRB shed it will eat again and if it doesn't eat it would be a good idea to have to vet to check him. Have you tried other methods of feeding? I do know having any snake that is troublesome feeding is very stressful.
Good luck and keep us posted.
Uncloudy

Jeff Clark Feb 11, 2005 12:46 AM

Jon,
...How nocturnal are you? Are you sure she does not move at night? They will move less and eat less when getting ready to shed but if she is never moving that is probably indicative of a problem. How big is she and how big were the meals she ate last month? Maybe she just filled up and was about ready to eat again as she went into a shed cycle recently? What are you trying to get her to eat? I have lots of little ones here now. All of them have eaten frozen thawed mice at least a few times. When I offer frozen thawed mice about 60% of them will take them right away and the rest will refuse them. I want them all to eat once a week so I offer them all frozen thawed and then feed live fuzzy rats or small adult mice to the rest of them. None of them refuse the live meals. I think that frozen rodents can pick up odors in the freezer that are unappetizing to the snakes. Also you could try feeding at night will minimal lighting and disturbance.
Jeff

>>OK, she shed Jan. 4 then ate the 5th, 8th, 11th, and 14th. Her eyes went cloudy the 9th so she will shed soon. I know they sometimes won't eat if they are about to shed but she quit eating 4 weeks ago. She never moves around her enclosure at all. The temp and humidity is always at about 74 degrees at night and between 74-77 during the day and the humidity is always between 79% and 85%. Is this normal or should I consider taking her to the vet. I'll wait until she sheds then try again and if she doesn't eat, I'm gonna take her.
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>> Jon

jon4534 Feb 11, 2005 06:46 PM

She had a complete shed last night so I will attempt to feed her tonight and see what happens. Thanks for the replies.

Jon

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